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the morni take a l >> it is 40 degrees in concord and 40 and san carlos. it is chilly outside and we do expect a system like this for the rest of the weekend. today the rain chances are possible out to the coast. on saturday afternoon into sunday will have a greater chance of light rain. this will be with us all weekend long. the complete forecast will be straight ahead. >> so far there are no changes with your commute. traffic is still light as you work your way across the span. the only problem that
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we had was for about an hour but a tow truck is now on the scene. you should keep that in mind as you work your way into the city. there are no major problems but we do have the regular sluggish commute from highway 4 from antioch to pittsburg. there is some slowing for you here and there was a little heavier the last 15 minutes. this is from 205 merging. there are more cars on the road and your drive time is up to 40 minutes. he should give yourself extra time. >> we are watching the big earthquake. this is by the mexican border. it they are having a hard time to pinpoint where they're happening. a 6.3 magnitude
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earthquake rattled parts of southern california this morning. if the earthquake was reported shortly after 230 this morning about 100 mi. off the coast of avalon. another earthquake off the coast of san diego was reported shortly after this was a 4.7. as of right now there are no to someone is in effect and no reports of any damage. >> anoother developing new is that we are following. monte vista high school at lincoln elementary school
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will be reopened and this morning. both schools were closed yesterday after school officials found graffiti at a nearby school that made a threat against a mountain of this the teacher. to get you more news faster we turn to kron4 is so low reporter mike pelton. he joins us live from monte vista high school. mike? >> this was a very scary day for students and parents. here is video and this all began about 24 hours ago just before 7:00. the officers responded at lynbrook high school. they feel about a bomb threat and it it was targeted against a certain teacher. we are not releasing the teacher's name to help protect him. the authorities came on the school premises with docs and evacuate the school. this entire scene was confusing to the students. >> they need to do something
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about this for sure. the person that is doing this a serious. this needs to be taken seriously. >> this is not funny. >> the good news is that they did not find a bomb on campus and authorities are searching for the person who is behind this. this person could face felony charges we would ask the parents how they feel about this. >> fire investigators will return to fremont today to try and figure out what caused the three alarm structure fire. this is video from skyes 7 h d, the fired nsc and h enterprise located on 801 box of drive a broke out yesterday afternoon. there roof of the
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building collapsed in crews battled from the tops. the fire was under control within about an hour. nobody was injured. >> one ofwho was charged with murdering a man found bound and gagged on a san francisco street will be arraigned today. the other four suspects are expected to appear in court today for the hearing. those four pleaded not guilty yesterday. the male victim, steven r. reed, and a woman were found on the road on the 900 block of brussels street around 830 on sunday night. the female victim is expected to survive. >> a san francisco mother is accused of abandoning her newborn baby while she was on drugs will be arraigned today. nneka nash face felony cruelty to a child
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and a misdemeanor failure to provide care for a child. if police said she was taken into custody on wednesday. just hours after a man handed her unresponsive baby boy to two officers in the city's bayview district. police believe that nash was on cocaine when the baby was delivered. the baby will be placed with a child protective services unit. >> we will have an update on your whether we come back.
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>> welcome back it is 6:09 a.m.. santa rosa is at 34 degrees. no matter how you feel about the global maps. that gap was just released yesterday and it already has an average rating of four and a half stars out of five. for more than 3000 reviews. the new ad includes turn by turn navigation, like is android come apart, as well as
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directions for public transport, integrated street view, and a google earth you. >> we are watching wall st and we are wwhat is happeninn wall street. the futures were up by 44. there is a lot concerns about the fiscal cliff and what will happen with the u.s. economy. there's also concerns about the spending from the federal reserve. they announced that they are spending 85 billion a month buying security. >> the big mills with
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facebook and they do have an early lockout ending. they're under 56 million shares. this will be hitting the markets. the stocks have been up 20% since leisure.last . >> impoverished californians will soon get free cell phones. the state public utilities commission has approved a federal cell phone giveaway program that is designed to help the homeless and other impoverished people stay connected to family, friends and potential employers. assurance wireless will organize cell phone distribution. the program should be in place next year. here is a live look the james lick freeway and the traffic is moving very well. we will be right back.
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>> welcome back. there is a possibility of coastal showers this afternoon. here is the view from the south bay. this is the ride on 1
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01 that is left by the interchange. let's talk about a cold temperatures. it is similar to yesterday's and we're seeing a good mix of 30's and '40's. pleasanton right now was at 34 degrees. temperatures in the north bay and napa are coming in at lower 40's. the coldest temperatures right now are out to the east. this frost advisory is in effect until bought 8:00 a.m.. the protective valleys where sing temperatures at the freezing point. >> this morning it will be cold with some frost. the calls are on the increase and we are seen them built. this afternoon there will be a slight chance of coastal showers and we will talk more about that in detail. it is mainly drive. here is what we're seeing on the
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satellite and radar the system that is coming through is giving us pieces of grain that is out to our north but headed to our direction. i you will see light moisture just off shore and a lot of this is not reaching the round as rain. there may be some drizzle or missed. as we take a look at future cast. there is not a lot of activity this morning but this afternoon will stay relatively dry. >> saturday morning showers will be awful the northern coast and by noon time it will push as well rebates area. this will be our strongest chance of showers here and there. if the rain is expected to stay with us for the entire weekend. today high as upper 40's the upper 50s. at 2:00 p.m. it
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will be in widespread 50s. it would change quickly back down to 40's for tonight. >> the 7 day around the bay shows that wet weather will be in effect for the weekend. >> what a difference 15 minutes make. there are more drivers on the road heading into san francisco. there are no problems at the bay bridge toll plaza. is just slow commute heading into the city. your back of does not extend to oakland mayes is backed up on that 880. the meteor light sour 01metering lights are on. theryour drive time is still 12 minutes from hayward to foster city. we had an
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earlier accident on southbound but that was quickly cleared. it is not causing any delays. if you plan on using highway 580 they had rolled construction. they are repairing eastbound. this is between greenville and northland. it is down to one lane so you have all of this traffic try to squeeze by. only the three right lanes are closed. this will go to 9:00 a.m. this morning. this is all so slow and stop and go out of tracy. give yourself extra time for both of the size of 580. >> the highest tide of the year called the teen tied causing flooding and traffic
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headaches in the bay area. in mill valley, the northbound 101 at highway 1 ramp was closed because the water was too high. he even so, some drivers went through it. a popular bike path was also on the water for some cyclists to turn around. the park and ride lot looks like a lake. one is signs when of telling people which parking spots to avoid. he teen tides are caused by the perfect alignment of the sun and moon. even though the highest i was yesterday we still can expect more of this today. >> scary moments in san francisco's twin peaks neighborhood. a driver was trying to back out of a parking space, when that person hit the accelerator by mistake. sending the car flying 40 ft. over the embankment. people were
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surprised when they saw the car in that awkward position on the cliff. no one was hurt and the family in the car did not want to talk on camera. their attention was focused on the tow truck operators spread apart over the hill in one piece. that was no easy job. it took them about three hours. >> the woman who was killed in a crash on the san mateo bridge has been identified him as a 24 year-old hayward resident marisol moralesl morales was in the backseat of a honda that had a flat tire in the westbound lanes of the bridge at about 3:30 a.m. yesterday. if the driver of the honda turned on the vehicles have his lights and slow down, but a range rover traveling in the same landfill to stop for the disabled car and struck from behind. the driver of
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the, the suffered minor facial cuts and the driver of the range rover was not injured. >> a fight between shoppers at a san rosa plaza is with one of them stabbed in the neck. this having happened on a lower level near the escalator's by sears. police say that the victim and the suspects, both in their 20s, were acquaintances who had a falling out. the victim allegedly assaulting the other man who then pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim in the neck. he was taken to the hospital. his condition as unknowns. bart police are stepping up security this holiday shopping season to make sure that the riders feel safe. there will be more officers riding the
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trains and safeguarding busy downtown sampras's go stations. it is hoped that it will help prevent crime when shoppers are out caring home holiday gifts. the added police presence is expected to be helpful but bart is still one of passengers to stay alert. >> the makers behind a new right share smart phone app are hoping to build alliances with local cab companies. fly will allow us cab drivers to locate the passenger, who pays the fair and tip through a pre registered credit card. the company charges an extra 60¢ for booking the ride, while the driver keeps the rest of the fair. >> we are watching the bay bridge on this friday morning. it is dark and cold. the backlog is growing.
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>> welcome back. in national news security guards at jfk airport are threatening to walk off the job this month. the nonunion workers say that they want better training and equipment. a strike authorization vote is set for today. if this is approved they could walk out on december the 20th. the 300 workers the right
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traffic in front of the terminals and check tarmac to gates to make sure that they are secure. they work for two different companies, there serve and global e the crude. >> there is still no release date from the hospital for former president george h. w. bush. he is expected to be home for christmas. his doctors say that he is making progress recovering from the lingering effects of bronchitis. right now the former president is working on increasing his strength. president bush has been at houston's ms. methodist hospital since november 23rd. at 88, he is the oldest living former president and he is also a world war to that. >> a pair of gross regina's are looking to pick up some of the pieces left in the wake of the hostess of bankruptcy. wal-mart and kroeber are among the dozens of bidders for hostas
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>> welcome back. the opening bell on this friday. we see our futures are up. we have pretty good investiga--they're still talking about the fiscal cliff. we are just 17 days away. what was >> it may not be snowing but it feels a little bit like
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christmas. it is very cold outside. temperatures are near freezing this morning. and we have jackie sizzle out on wall walnut creek. >> this is definitely gloves and had whether. it is 37 degrees right now and walnut creek. i started the day in the north bay and it was actually writing the freezing level. it was about 32 to 34 degrees. a from a revised three is still an affect around the bay area until about 8:00 a.m.. you will have to grab your christmas hat today because it is very cold outside. >> my son wants to school every day with a short sleeve shirt on and shorts. people looked at me like i am a bad parent. >> i always tell him that
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the weather has changed but he continues to were summer clothes. >> here are the watches and warnings that we are showing you. it is really part targeting the east bay. take a look at the weather. today we do have a slight chance of a sprinkler to out to the coast. this week can rain becomes more likely and saturday afternoon into the evening and into sunday. we could get some sprinkles for early watched around the bay area. i will have before check coming up in a moment. >> traffic is bus once you head out to the
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suspension span is okay perry e there is. a quick look t the traffic map showed you that there is a road work as you work your way through livermore. this is eastbound 580 right to between--there's one lane of traffic and this is just a far less line that is open. if this will continue through the 9:00 a.m. hour. i will let you know if this is causing a major back up. the opposite direction is
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just the regular normal traffic. >> more now on the fiscal cliff. president obama says the house republicans are holding up plans to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. the president said that he will only agree to a deal if it involves tax rates going up for the top 2% of americans. if president obama talk to reporters about why his plan will work. >> this will be good for the economy and if we do this-as the senate has already passed this. i am ready to sign it. the only holdup is the house republicans. once we get this done this will take the edge off but we know we still have to deal with some other debts. we should get this done. >> the most import and then
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we can do right now is make sure the middle class taxes do not go up. that's the best thing for the economy, best thing for american families and if we do that, we should get that done. >> snigneither side has stated that they do not want to show their hand. the standoff still continues and we're 17 days away from this. >> president barack obama is meeting privately to that with you in embassadors susan rice, a day after she withdrew her name from consideration to be the next secretary of state. rice's decision came after weeks of criticism from republican senators who said that they would fight her nomination because hard initial assessment of the attack on
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an american consulate in libya. >> a man convicted of sexually assaulting three women in san francisco's mission district will learn his fate this afternoon. frederick dozier jr.. was found guilty on 25 felony counts, including sexual assault, kidnapping and robbery for attacking three women leisure. >> the teenager who ran over and killed a nine year-old concord girl and her father and injured her sister while they were biking, is back in court this aft18 year-old david rosen has eight restitution hearing. on april 7th, rosen was espeeding on treat boulevard in, or when he lost control of his vehicle.
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the judge sentenced him to more than seven years in prison. but because he was a juvenile that the time of the accident he will be released in three years when he turns 21. >> police are investigating an attempted kidnapping and south bay. a 13 year-old girl was approach yesterday morning while walking to more land middle school and san jose. a man asks the girl to get into his van. the group ignored him and continued on her way. officials from the school issued a warning to teachers and parents. police described the suspect as a hispanic man, lights can, short black hair and clean shaven. >> san jose police have identified the teenager fatally shot earlier this week. 18 year-old john cody sonenberg was, near a crash
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on fairhaven drive tuesday afternoon. detectives said that the team was the driver of the vehicle with a crash. this is the city's 44th homicide of the year. no suspects have been identified or arrested in the case and have been made. >> while an investigation is underway this morning into the traffic accident that took the life of a 21 year- old concord man last friday, off tonight a candlelight vigil will honor his life. police say, stocks hit a first son was skateboarding on monument hit a first son was skateboarding on monument boulevard erlook at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have back problems. you're only 14 and a half. he doesn't have back problems.
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day bay area news. >> welcome back. it will be
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a chilly one this afternoon. >> more on anti-viral software john mcafee now says that he faked his heart problems in guatemala. it was part of his effort to avoid being sent back to and belize, where he it was wanted for questioning in the killing of his neighbor. mcafee has and been charged with any crime, and it is not clear yet whether u.s.- supported want to question him. mcafee has spent weeks on the run and time and immigration detention. he claims he was targeted by belize authorities after he decided to talk about corruption in that country periods >> the remains of
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international singer jenni rivera has return home to california. this is video of a hearst that was caring the singer's body. the debug of been the music died sunday when the plane she was on crashed in mexico. six others traveling with the singapore also killed. the cause of the crash is still under investigation.
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>> months of this the high school is reopened after officials found graffiti at a nearby school. this teacher is being closely monitor for his by authorities. noise was a device was found.
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>> we're in the east bay were rehearsing some of the coldest temperatures. at the san ramon and livermore valley seeing it really cold temperatures this morning. particularly near pleasanton and out there livermore. temperatures are really close to the freezing mark. 34 livermore and 36 in vallejo mid 30's of the north bay upper 30's and portions of the south bay, sunnyvale is at 39 degrees. anyway you cut it is cold out there. and in very similar to the conditions we saw yesterday and we will set ourselves up for another cold night tonight. temperatures look an awful lot like this as you head to bed. here's our we have the
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frost that he's bay valleys until 8:00 a.m.. temperatures hovering close to the freezing mark. looking at the day and had we have a cold start with the frost and clouds are beginning to increase. temperatures are still on the chilly side. this afternoon there is a slight chance of sprinkles out near the coast. temperatures as after now and then upper '40's low 50s and we will keep a mainly cold and dry as we head into the overnight hours. the range shows is not just off the coast. lycian closer was storm tracker for the live right our picture shows and green but this is, i'm not getting any reports of the stuff actually reaching the ground. there is a sprinkle here may be some drizzle there and that is all you're going to see. it is cutting mainly to the coast. going
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forward is set for friday not a lot going on in the morning by noon maybe some sprinkles. overnight, mostly dry and cold. tomorrows when the picture turns a little more interesting for us. we have rain making its way along the coast of northern california. by noon it could be over had giving us a chance of seeing letters showers as a result of this system. highs today the upper '40's low 50s and a cool afternoon. hearing color form of light blue indicating 50 degree weather. by 87 in the evening we replace that with very cold, 40 degree weather. brace yourself for a cold night tonight. the potential for what tomorrow as well. saturday and sunday rain in the next 30 to 40 percent chance of that. odds
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are good i know put it that way. will have a little instability next week with showers monday through thursday. >> no major problems but you will see regular slow commute traffic headed through san francisco. the cash lanes and fast track lanes are all backed up. the backup is not quite stretching into the open maze, that is the good news. it is also backed up on the 880 over cross. there was a stall on the san mateo bridge eastbound near the high rise. bridge crews are still heading out for that. it is not causing a major back up. the commute direction on the right-hand side is crowded but still moving pretty well. drive times are still 12 minutes between hayward and foster city. 1 01 traffic is nice
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and light into and out of san francisco by the golden gate. we have to pay the work under way east of 580 between green bill and our plan which is the counter commute direction. it has the backing up off and on. it is reduced to one lane as a travel along that stretch. westbound regular sluggish commute traffic through livermore valley headed up towards pleasanton. >> amazon as expect expanding their instant video service and clouds player at two more mobile devices. the instant video app is no bill on the iphone and the itouch, with options for streaming are downloading content from amazon video collection. amazon prime customers and customer is also have access to over 30,000 movies and tv shows on the is that video app. >> more than a quarter of american's plan they had the road for the holidays this year. aaa says 93.3 million
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americans will travel more than 50 mi. from home during this holiday season. that is at 1.6% from last year. 90 percent of u.s. travelers say they will drive to their holiday destinations this year. a 1.3 increase from 2011. aaa defines a holiday. as december 22nd to january 1st. the dow has some modest gains climbing just 4.6. >> another drive for apple today, just 3 percent right now. it is $15 a share.s down ta share. facebook down as almost 2 percent down fro 20. >> at a global talent recruiting company has a list that you might want to avoid it. georgetown
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university's center on education and the work force can up with a list of the five majors with high unemployment rates for graduates. these are grouped degrees that you want to avoid getting. number five is informations systems. it says major in computer science instead. no. 4 is ethnic or civilization studies. instead you should major in psychology. no. 3 as anthropology or archaeology. and said georgetown suggest majoring in criminal justice. no. 2 is philosophy or reject religious studies. instead its is just made during an elementary education. number one is architecture.
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george down says instead major in business administration. -- georgetown >> out swiss timmy urology. switch to meteorology. if you like to hear more about this there is more information on our kron4 facebook page.
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